2021 – 2024
A cumulus cloud: a fluffy, puffy, white and bright suspension. Dry in appearance, yet formed of water vapour. As light as a feather, yet weighing 500 tonnes. These elementals are oxymoronic: buoyant and burdened.
Cloud Kit & Cloud Kit XXL
(2022, glazed stoneware & 2022, cardboard)
The cumulus might be among the first recognisable depictions a child can draw. But why draw when one can build? (Not just for children).
A ludicrous provision; fabricated in fragile, brittle material. Forms recombine endlessly; monuments, trees, arches, dinosaurs, landscapes.
Available flat packed.
The Saints and the Horribly Holy sit on their opaque, cottonwool cushions and regard us sinners from on high.
For those requiring a swift and impartial ascent – BEHOLD – a rug; a magic carpet ride available to enthrone an individual (or small congregation) whilst remaining earthbound
Cloud of Witnesses, (2023, rag rug, 125 x 95 cm)
In the UK, clouds are an important part of internal and external weather:
2021, glazed stoneware, cardboard, glue, paper, acrylic, found images.
Cross-section of a storm cloud (2024, acrylic on canvas, 168 x 132 cm)
In 1953, William Rankin ejected from his jet and spent 40 minutes inside a cumulonimbus. He was pulled up and down, struck by lightning, frozen, hailed on, soaked and suffered decompression – but lived to tell the tale.
The late-night shipping forecast can conjure cloud and storm, sou’westers and mackintoshes, Viking, Dogger, Fisher, German Bite, Cyclonic, sever gale 9, Good, occasionally poor, moderate or good.
Moderate or Good (2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 46 x 36 cm)
Lottie Stoddart 
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